[comp.windows.news] mod problem

hankg@hound.UUCP (H.GREBE) (04/27/89)

Does anyone have an idea why mod gives me errors in NeWS
as used in the case listed below?  
This is from a psh session:

---------------(in psh)--------------------

% 1
rand =
1680113000

% 2
rand 100000 idiv 3 mod =
2

% 3
rand 3 mod =
***ERROR*** 
Process: 0x2E4770   Error: typecheck
Stack: 1586860000 3
Executing: 'mod'
At: Reading file(?,W,R)
*****
3

-------------------(end of psh)--------------------

Hank "dOnuT WoRrY, bE wAcKy" Grebe
...att!hound!hankg
User Interface & Quality Planning
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